Super Furry Animals – Guerrilla Tour 1999

November 2nd 1999 – Rock City, Nottingham A trip to Rock City is always fun. No way would I have instigated this one, Super Furry Animals has my friend Scott written all over it!! I'd heard the single earlier that year "Northern Lites", which was a hit and it had been ok, but Scott had... Continue Reading →

Def Leppard – Euphoria Tour – 1999

October 15th 1999 – Birmingham NEC I hadn't been to a Def Leppard tour concert since Hysteria in 1987!!! Much as I love Def Leppard, they did a couple of more of the same albums after Hysteria, not bad albums, but "Adranalize" pretty much followed the same formula and "Slang" I didn't really get at... Continue Reading →

Metallica – The Big Day Out – 1999

July 10th 1999 – Milton Keynes Bowl Supported by: Lots of great bands! Creed, Sepultura, Ministry, Ben Harper, Placebo, Marilyn Manson, Mercyful Fate, Queens of the Stone Age, Symposium, Pitchshifter, Monster Magnet, Terrorvision........oh, and Metallica! So this was about the biggest rock line up outside of Monster of Rock, in fact certainly the heaviest line... Continue Reading →

Reading Festival – 1999

November 13th 2019 – Richfield Avenue, Reading The Reading Festival is one of those iconic music festivals that I always felt I should go to at least once. This would be my first taste of the festival and by no means would it be the end of my Reading journey, just the very beginning. I... Continue Reading →

3 Colours Red Tour – 1999

February 27th 1999 – Rock City, Nottingham Rock City. "Midlands Home of Rock". Based on the gigs I'm writing up at present and the tickets I found, this appears to be one of my first visits to Rock City.....I'm missing tickets for most of 1997 and 1998 and I feel sure I would have done... Continue Reading →

Terrorvision Tour (Leicester) – 1999

February 6th 1999 – Leicester University So, we enter the "Tequila" era of Terrorvision. Late in 1998 the "Shaving Peaches" album was released and the first single "Josephine" was a continuation of the fantastic sound this band had and spurred me on to buy tickets, not just for this gig, but for one later in... Continue Reading →

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